Joseph Zhao
Senior Developer Architect at Australian Government Department of Finance
Canberra, Australia
Summary
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SeniorJoseph Zhao is a Senior Developer Architect based in Canberra with 11 years of professional experience and over two decades of involvement in open-source development since 2004. He specializes in architecting large-scale information systems using open-source technologies such as Apache Solr, Drupal, and the Laravel framework, blending hands-on development with solution-level design. Currently serving as Senior Developer/Architect for the Australian Government Department of Finance and running two Drupal-focused ventures he founded, Joseph balances public-sector rigour with entrepreneurial product delivery. His background spans roles from systems engineering and IT management to project leadership, giving him practical fluency across infrastructure, web platforms, and knowledge-sharing systems. Known for a strong sense of technological direction, he often bridges the gap between long-term architecture and pragmatic implementation choices. An active open-source advocate, he brings a rare combination of institutional experience and startup mindset to complex, mission-critical projects.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, Chinese
Github Skills (33)
drupal10
itil9
minimum9
alfresco9
installer9
composer9
continuous-integration8
php8
verify8
testing8
bootstrap8
docker-image7
drupal-theme7
composer-plugin5
symfony-console5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
govCMS/govcms-project
Aug 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 2 PRs in 2 years 2 months
pandaskii/GovCMS
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Current Drupal release of the main GovCMS distribution, with releases mirrored at https://www.drupal.org/project/govcms
Contributions:6 PRs, 73 pushes, 48 branches in 1 year 5 months
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